The highly anticipated second wave of films and guests, as well as special events and schedule, has been announced for the 2017 Telluride Horror Show, which will kick off on Friday the 13th of October and run through October 15th in picturesque Telluride, Colorado.

The second wave includes the World Premieres of DERELICTS and NEVER HIKE ALONE (a fan tribute to FRIDAY THE 13TH), as well as the U.S. Premiere of BORLEY RECTORY and Colorado Premieres of TRAGEDY GIRLS, DESOLATION, COLD HELL, and PSYCHOPATHS. Fourteen additional short films have been included.

More guests have been confirmed, including directors Greg McLean (JUNGLE), Patrick Brice (CREEP 2), John Dwyer (CONFESSIONS OF A SERIAL KILLER: DIRECTOR'S CUT), and Tyler MacIntyre of TRAGEDY GIRLS, a horror comedy set in high school that will be the first film to play the Horror Show's new venue, Palm Theatre (located at Telluride's high school). All filmmakers will participate in Q&As following their respective films.

Jeremy Robert Johnson will also join the Horror Show as its Guest Author for a book signing and bonfire reading at the Horror Show's second annual Creepy Campfire Tales. Johnson is the author of the critically-acclaimed collection Entropy in Bloom as well as the breakthrough cult novel Skullcrack City. His fiction has been praised by The Washington Post and Publishers Weekly, authors such as David Wong, Chuck Palahniuk and Jack Ketchum, and has appeared internationally in numerous anthologies and magazines.

2017 Guest Author Jeremy Robert Johnson

In addition to the book signing and Creepy Campfire Tales, other special events include the Ice Scream Social, Killer Karaoke Party, Pig Roast, Horror Trivia (presented by Dread Central), and Last Call at the Last Dollar.

Please continue reading for a complete breakdown of the second wave:

FEATURES

BORLEY RECTORYUK | 2017 | 71 min | Director: Ashley ThorpeU.S. PREMIEREBorley Rectory is an animated documentary chronicling what came to be known as "the most haunted house in England'. The legends attached to the rectory at Borley and famed paranormal investigator Harry Price's subsequent investigations of them, caught the public's imagination during the late 1920s in time becoming one of the world's most notorious and influential ghost stories.

BORLEY RECTORY directed by Ashley Thorpe

COLD HELLGermany | 2017 | 92 min | Director: Stefan RuzowitzkyCOLORADO PREMIEREA young Turkish woman living in Vienna witnesses a murder in the neighboring apartment. But the murderer sees her too, and her life turns upside down as she tries to protect herself from the violent killer.

CONFESSIONS OF A SERIAL KILLER: DIRECTOR'S CUTUSA | 1985/2016 | 106 min | Director: Mark Blair (AKA John Dwyer)Followed by a Q&A with director John DwyerAfter a grisly discovery in the trunk of his stolen car and subsequent arrest, Daniel Ray Hawkins begins confessing to a long list of murders that he and his sidekick Moon Lewton committed as they crisscrossed America's interstates. Told in flashback, Hawkins recounts in disturbing detail the killings of over 200 women as he calmly talks with a wise old county sheriff who cannot believe what he's hearing.

CONFESSIONS OF A SERIAL KILLER is the thinly veiled account of the chilling life and crimes of notorious serial killer Henry Lee Lucas and his side-kick Ottis Toole. CONFESSIONS was the first film about Henry Lee Lucas, completed in 1985. Independently produced in Austin, Texas, it was picked up for distribution by Roger Corman's Concorde-New Horizons. Unfortunately, the film was shelved in the Concorde-New Horizons vault, unreleased in the U.S. until 1992. Through the years, despite multiple edited versions, CONFESSIONS developed a following in underground markets with illegal bootlegs. In 2016, the film rights reverted to its creator, allowing the film to finally be shown as it was originally intended.

CONFESSIONS OF A SERIAL KILLER directed by Mark Blair (AKA John Dwyer)

DESOLATIONUSA | 2017 | 78 min | Director: Sam PattonCOLORADO PREMIEREA young mother, her son, and her best friend venture into the remote wilderness to scatter her late husband's ashes. On their trek home, they begin to realize that a lone hiker has been following them. A series of disturbing encounters forces the grieving family to confront their deepest fears when the stranger's true motives are revealed.

DESOLATION directed by Sam Patton

NEVER HIKE ALONEUSA | 2017 | 55 min | Director: Vincente DiSantiWORLD PREMIEREFollowed by Q&A with cast & crewA fan tribute to Friday the 13th, Never Hike Alone follows an adventure blogger, Kyle McLeod (Andrew Leighty), who uncovers the long lost remains of Camp Crystal Lake while on a solo backpacking trip. Ignoring the campfire tales from his childhood, Kyle's search turns deadly when he makes the grave mistake of crossing the path of Camp Blood's legendary mass murderer, Jason Voorhees. Stranded in the forest with Jason on his heels, Kyle must push his survival skills to their limits if he hopes to survive the night. Otherwise, he'll wind up another lost victim of the cursed camp.

NEVER HIKE ALONE directed by Vincente DiSanti

PSYCHOPATHSUSA | 2017 | 81 min | Director: Mickey KeatingCOLORADO PREMIEREPSYCHOPATHS follows the soul of a recently executed serial killer as it descends back to earth and possesses his many followers beneath the full moon.

PSYCHOPATHS directed by Mickey Keating

TRAGEDY GIRLSUSA | 2017 | 98 min | Director: Tyler MacIntyreCOLORADO PREMIEREFollowed by Q&A with director Tyler MacIntyreBest friends Sadie and McKayla are on a mission to boost their social media fandom as amateur crime reporters hot on the trail of a deranged local serial killer. After they manage to capture the killer and secretly hold him hostage, they realize the best way to get scoops on future victims would be to, you know, murder people themselves. As the @TragedyGirls become an overnight sensation and panic grips their small town, can their friendship survive the strain of national stardom? Will they get caught? Will their accounts get verified?

TRAGEDY GIRLS directed by Tyler MacIntyre

SHORTS

A MOTHER OF MONSTERSBrazil | 2017 | 9 min | Director: Julia Zanin de PaulaCOLORADO PREMIEREA girl is allured by a circus troupe. Or is it a freak show?

ADMONITIONUSA | 2017 | 9 min | Director: Alexander MattinglyWORLD PREMIEREA deaf woman cares for her dying mother, who one evening warns her that the Devil is coming for her.

NOTHING A LITTLE SOAP AND WATER CAN'T FIXUSA | 2017 | 9 min | Director: Jennifer ProctorCOLORADO PREMIEREUsing appropriated movies, this experimental found footage work deconstructs the representations of women in this domestic space as historically framed in popular film.

POSTALUSA | 2016 | 3 min | Director: Kyle KlubalCOLORADO PREMIEREA deranged mailman serial killer goes around murdering his victims one by one all according to his route while a group of teenagers on the mailman's route come together and try to stop him.

SMASHEDAustralia | 2017 | 13 min | Director: Sean LahiffCOLORADO PREMIEREThree teens abduct football hero Christian, so Dean can gain the attention of Christian's girlfriend Jess. When the youths drive to the Australian bush, the prank swerves out of control, trapping the youths in a recurring nightmare.

TEDDY BEARS PICNICUK | 2017 | 5 min | Director: Thomas HodgeCOLORADO PREMIEREA mother and daughter, playing games in the forest. Somebody's watching. Somebody's waiting. If you go down to the woods today, you're sure of a grim surprise.

THE BLACK GHIANDOLAUSA | 2017 | 16 min | Directors: Catherine Hardwicke, Theodore Melfi, Sam RaimiCOLORADO PREMIERETHE BLACK GHIANDOLA is the story of a young man risking his life to save a girl he has grown to love, after his family has been 'killed' in an apocalyptic world of zombies.

THE BLACK GHIANDOLA film fulfills the dream of 16-year-old Anthony Conti who suffered from stage four adrenal cortical cancer. He stars in the project along with Johnny Depp, J.K. Simmons, Laura Dern, David Lynch, Chad L. Coleman, Richard Chamberlain, Penelope Ann Miller, Keith Allan, Jade Pettyjohn, and Pritesh Shah. The film was directed by Catherine Hardwicke (Twilight), Theodore Melfi (Hidden Figures) and Sam Raimi (Spiderman Trilogy). Make A Film Foundation grants film wishes to children with serious or life-threatening medical conditions, helping them to create short film legacies by teaming them with noted actors, directors, and writers.

DEAD HORSESSpain | 2016 | 6 min | Directors: Marc Riba & Anna SolanasCOLORADO PREMIEREIn an isolated and unknown place during a war a child is forced to flee. On his way, he sees dead horses everywhere. Why? Why have the horses decided to kill themselves?

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ABOUT TELLURIDE HORROR SHOWTelluride Horror Show, Colorado's first and longest-running horror film festival, returns for its 8th edition October 13-15, 2017. Every year, the festival attracts the latest & best horror films from around the world and attendees from all over the country for an intimate gathering of genre film fans in the world-famous mountain resort town of Telluride, Colorado. For three days and nights, experience an eclectic mix of horror, suspense, thriller, fantasy, sci-fi and dark comedy in Telluride's historic theaters, with many of the films showing for the first time in the US. The festival line-up offers more than 20 feature films and 50 short films, surprise screenings of highly-anticipated genre films at our "Secret Sunday Shows", along with special programs, guests, and events. If you love horror, and film, then you should not miss the Show!